The annual tree excursion

In spite of there being hardly any snow on the ground, nor freezing temperatures; the calendar dictates that it is time to head out and find a Christmas tree. As 'usual' for the past few years, Mathias was insisting on cutting the tree down. And i kind of enjoy letting him to the dirty work of crawling around on the ground. This year he insisted on using a little pocket knife style saw... so it took quite a while to get through. But the job got done in the end.  When decorating the tree, it seems most fun was had putting up the ornaments while using a ladder. so there is a distinct band around the mid-section of the tree where all the decorations went. The top and the bottom, not so much!